悴 (cuì): haggard

悴 (cuì) is a Chinese character meaning “haggard.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 卒 (phonetic). It ranks #3038 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 悴 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 恨 (hèn, to hate), 情 (qíng, feeling, emotion), 快 (kuài, fast, happy).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 忄 heart11 strokesFrequency #3038忄 semantic卒 phonetic

Definitions

  1. haggard

Etymology & Origin

悴

pictophoneticheart

Decomposition: ⿰忄卒 (layout: left-right)

Components:忄semantic卒phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
憔悴qiáo cuìwan and sallow
1
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

悴 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 悴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

憔qiáo
0.9332,106 co-occurrences
瘦shòu
0.45260 co-occurrences
枯kū
0.45160 co-occurrences
堪kān
0.42384 co-occurrences
愁chóu
0.41130 co-occurrences
哀āi
0.41072 co-occurrences
忧yōu
0.39536 co-occurrences
容róng
0.378312 co-occurrences
丧sāng
0.35630 co-occurrences
貌mào
0.35548 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这件事让我悴烦意乱，整夜都没有睡好。

zhè jiàn shì ràng wǒ cuì fán yì luàn , zhěng yè dōu méi yǒu shuì hǎo .

This matter has left me feeling anxious and unsettled; I didn't sleep well all night.

Character Family

忄 Radical Family — Characters sharing the heart radical

怖bù惭cán惨cǎn憧chōng惮dàn悼dào惦diàn懂dǒng惰duò愤fèn

Related Characters

恨hèn情qíng快kuài怕pà忙máng性xìng怪guài慢màn懂dǒng惯guàn

Homophones — Characters pronounced cuì

粹cuì翠cuì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 悴 (cuì) mean in Chinese?
悴 (cuì) primarily means "haggard." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3038 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 悴 and 碎?
悴 (cuì) and 碎 (suì) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 忄 vs 石 (same 卒 component).
How many strokes does 悴 have?
悴 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 悴?
The radical associated with 悴 is 忄 (heart). This radical appears in many characters related to heart.
What are the components of 悴?
悴 is composed of: 忄 (semantic), 卒 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰忄卒 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 悴?
Common words with 悴 include: 憔悴 (qiáo cuì, "wan and sallow"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 悴 (cuì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation cuì: 粹 (pure), 翠 (bluish-green). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 悴 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 悴 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.